Your Daily Driver: A Simple Wash & Wax Regimen

[akimel]

Re: Your Daily Driver: A Simple Wash & Wax Regimen

I agree with the article and also agree on the other well written article (forget the originator) about using cleaner wax on a daily driver.

Perhaps you are thinking of Mosca's article "In Praise of Cleaner Wax."

[Bri9801]

Re: Your Daily Driver: A Simple Wash & Wax Regimen

Perhaps you are thinking of Mosca's article "In Praise of Cleaner Wax."

I use the Professional series cleaner wax on a regular basis......on the wife's car

Really good product!

[02zx9r]

Re: Your Daily Driver: A Simple Wash & Wax Regimen

yes, that is the article. thanks. I also liked the one referenced in there by Mike Phillips

[Mike Phillips]

Re: Your Daily Driver: A Simple Wash & Wax Regimen

Made this a Sticky in this forum.

Together with this thread it should help a lot of people...

How to maintain your car's finish in-between polishing sessions

[Megafast13]

Re: Your Daily Driver: A Simple Wash & Wax Regimen

I wash and rinse a panel at a time...

Depending on the temperature of the car and the surrounding air and sun exposure.

If cool and in the shade like recommended than it's okay to do the entire car then rinse...

Nice Thread and sticky

[Tuck91]

Re: Your Daily Driver: A Simple Wash & Wax Regimen

i like to do one panel at a time. If its in the shade like Megafast said, then i wond do the whole car but maybe one whole side.

Good thread, it will help others a lot with their own regimen

[Andy M.]

Re: Your Daily Driver: A Simple Wash & Wax Regimen

Wheels first. Then start at the top and work down, doing one panel at a time before rinsing. I would do the whole car if I had a foam gun but other than that I would be afraid of the soap drying.

Andy

[Ganesa]

Re: Your Daily Driver: A Simple Wash & Wax Regimen

idem here, i do the wheels first, and then the whole car starting from the top...

[indigo s10]

Re: Your Daily Driver: A Simple Wash & Wax Regimen

idem here, i do the wheels first, and then the whole car starting from the top...

Using fresh wash water, right?

[Ultraman]

Re: Your Daily Driver: A Simple Wash & Wax Regimen

The 2-bucket method is defeinitely very effective in preventing small swirl marks after a wash. But the Grit Guard thingy is a must-have! I gotta get myself one of those.

[kesawi]

Re: Your Daily Driver: A Simple Wash & Wax Regimen

The range of Meguiars products availble here in Australia appears to be a lot less than those in the US. I'd appreciate if anyone could advise which if any of the following products are the cleaner referred to in post #1.





Thanks for the help.

[Markus Kleis]

Re: Your Daily Driver: A Simple Wash & Wax Regimen

Hi Kesawi,

Just so you know I changed your click-able links into fixed pictures because our forum policy requires new members to reach 30 posts before posting click-able links. Thanks for your understanding!

[Murr1525]

Re: Your Daily Driver: A Simple Wash & Wax Regimen

Your second photo is the cleaner/wax akimel was refering to.

Most products seem to be on the Meguiars.aus website... but that doesnt mean they are easy to find.

[kesawi]

Re: Your Daily Driver: A Simple Wash & Wax Regimen

My understanding is that NXT is a sealant whereas Cleaner Wax is, well, a wax. From reading a few different threads I'm a little confused as to whether it's ok to mix sealants and waxes, and therefore whether cleaner wax should be used before NXT.

[akimel]

Re: Your Daily Driver: A Simple Wash & Wax Regimen

Hi, kesawi. Yes, you can use Cleaner Wax and NXT together. NXT will have no problems bonding on top of Cleaner Wax (or ColorX), even though NXT is a synthetic sealant and CW is a wax.

The internet conventional wisdom is that one should not apply a sealant over a wax, because of bonding issues; but this does not hold true for NXT/M21 and does not in fact hold true for many other sealants out there, too (e.g., Mother's Reflections, Blackfire Wet Diamond, Ultima Paint Guard Plus). I think that one has to approach this on a case by case basis. Just last week over at the S2000 site one of the experienced detailers noted that he has never had a problem topping Zaino over a carnauba--I think that amounts to heresy! Sometimes one just has to experiment and see for oneself whether the conventional wisdom obtains or not.

But back to your concern, NXT is not a finicky sealant. It will bond just fine to Cleaner Wax, as many Meguiar's users can attest.